NEW DELHI – Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart agreed Thursday that a strong partnership between their nations would be to trace the global network in the post-coronavirus world, an Indian official said.
Abe, who resigns from a chronic fitness problem, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have welcomed an agreement between the armies of the two countries that will give them their mutual bases of materials and services.
“They agreed that the agreement will increase defence cooperation between the two countries and make a contribution to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region,” Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a statement.
In a phone call, the two leaders also discussed the prestige of a special strategic and global partnership program between India and Japan, adding a high-speed rail assignment to unite the Indian cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
In December, Abe canceled an assembly with Modi in the northeastern state of Assam, where street protests broke out over a new Indian law that grants citizenship by faith and excludes Muslims.
Abe turned to the states of Assam and Manipur to discuss security and economic ties with Modi as part of the two leaders’ annual visitation exchange.